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"The Sport Fishing / Eco-Tourism Capital of the World" The Osa is a rugged natural paradise that is home to Costa Rica's most rare and endangered animal species, including the Puma, Jaguar, Harpy Eagle and Scarlet Macaw. Noted by National Geographic Magazine to be "One of the Most Biologically Intense places on Earth"The Osa, as it is known to locals and residents, is Costa Rica's southernmost peninsula, a large expanse of which is dedicated to Corcovado National Park. It is the single largest expanse of a lowland tropical rainforest in Central America and is "One of the Tallest Rainforests in the entire World", including the largest single tree in all of Central America, standing at seventy-seven meters tall. The best way to enter the park is via the town of Puerto Jimenez, located on the inland side of the park, where there is a ranger station and where an extensive network of trails converges. The fishing waters off the Osa Peninsula are a Mecca for Sport Fishing, not just for Costa Rica but for all of Central America. With over 100 World Records, the Osa Peninsula is the "Destination of Choice" for the Serious Sport Fishing Enthusiasts. Offering Marlin, Sailfish, Wahoo, Tuna, Snapper, Grouper, Dorado, Snook and the famed Rooster Fish. It is common to catch 10-15 Sailfish a day.

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Travel Blogs from Puerto Jimenez

We moved over to Cabinas Tropicales with the help of Bernardo, a taxi driver we had used last year. Mark was not there because he was in the states taking care of some family business. We got settled into our room and did some shopping at the BMCorcovado.

One of the groups staying at Cabinas Tropicales is a family from Slovenia. After dinner, we had come back and ...

... the smallest debris on a large pan. Or tuna tin. He walked down river with us for 15minutes before inviting us up into his house just up the bank. It is little more than a shack. Fresh water is brought in by pipe, there is a small fire pit and everything is just sort of fudged together. A few beams here and there, with tarpauling pulled over outlines the main structure. There is a place to hang clothes and boots (everyone rolls with wellies here), and a bit of foam for ...

... are going in 4x4 vehicles with little space. All of the electricity is made there by solar etc. We will probably not have internet as lightening knocked it out and it was still not up last month. We hung out on the beach until almost 3:30 to wait until the sun started to go down.

Our next activity was a kayak bird hike through an estuary with mangrroves and lots of birds. Most of them were not new. I opted to ride with the guide, Dani. He ...

... dessert she'd made, bannoffee pie!! So, so, good and was seriously appreciated by some of the others that have been on camp a while. Today was Rowans last day on camp, so she had made up a pretty tough quiz for the evenings entertainment, after some tough competition it was declared a draw between 2 of the 3 teams. Around 9.30pm everyone headed to bed, I hope I sleep better in this stinking hammock ...

... some more and jumped off of the rocks lots. The pool felt so good since it was SO muggy and hot outside. Everyone was overjoyed.

Before we left Johnny taught me how to dance Bachata. He dances it much differently from Bambi, who has been trying to teach me this whole trip. Bambi takes two baby steps swinging his hips and then does a giant hip thrust/lift that is sharp and kind of intimidating and at the same time he jerks his shoulder up to his ear. It ...